JCP&L

JCP&L Asks State For 4.5 Percent Rate Hike To Pay For Sandy Recovery

The request filed Friday with the Board of Public Utilities includes a 1.5 percent increase requested in November.

2013/02/22

NJ Utilities Get Blasted At Senate Hearing For Sandy Response

Board of Public Utilities President Bob Hanna said the utilities needed better methods of telling customers when their power will be restored.

2012/12/05

Power Companies To Customers With Big Post-Sandy Bills: Read Your Own Meters

Power customers across the Tri-State Area were thoroughly displeased after getting huge bills for estimated usage this month despite losing power, and then being asked to read their own meters to correct the situation.

2012/11/28

The boardwalk in Belmar, New Jersey (credit: CBS 2)

First Of Several Hearings Held On Jersey Shore Rebuilding, Recovery Needs

At a hearing before the state Senate Budget Committee Monday, local emergency management officials and mayors testified about their storm recovery needs to ensure they are up and running for high season.

2012/11/26

Power lines down from Sandy, Oct. 30, 2012 (Photo by Bruce Bennett/Getty Images)

JCP&L: All But 24 Customers Hit By Sandy On Mainland Have Power Back

The utility said as of 11 p.m. Sunday, all but 24 customers affected by Superstorm Sandy had had their power restored.

2012/11/11

Sign in front of a home in Malverne, Long Island. (credit: Samantha Mevorach)

Anger Boiling Over: Nearly 1 Million Still Without Power In Tri-State

Tuesday was day eight for many living without power. Those lucky enough to have generators used them sparingly while others were boiling water to try and stay warm.

2012/11/06

About 1.5 Million Still Without Power In New York Metro Area

A total of about 1.5 million power customers in the Tri-State area remained without power Sunday night, as relief and recovery efforts from Superstorm Sandy continued.

CBS New York–2012/11/04

A tree uprooted by Sandy in Cliffside Park (credit: Dev Zaveri)

Christie Releases Specific Restoration Estimates; New Jersey Down To About 1.2 Million Outages

For those in New Jersey who have been living without electricity since superstorm Sandy arrived, things are slowly getting better.

2012/11/03

Con Edison employees monitor the drainage of water being pumped out of Seven World Trade Center, caused by Hurricane Sandy, on October 30, 2012. (Photo by Andrew Burton/Getty Images)

Millions Of Tri-State Customers Remain Without Power Following Superstorm Sandy

More than 4 million customers served by Con Edison, LIPA, PSEG, JCP&L, Connecticut Light and Power, Orange & Rockland, and NYSEG were without power as of late Tuesday night.

2012/10/30

Millions Without Power; Con Ed Cuts Service To 6,500

s Superstorm Sandy raged, nearly 2.7 million customers in the New York City metro area were without power Monday night – a number nearly equivalent to the entire population of the city of Chicago.

CBS New York–2012/10/29